Name: ______________________________________________ Date: _________________ Class: ______
Understanding SDG 7: Clean and Affordable Energy for All
Introduction to SDG 7: ​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2ULDepMiEk
Watch this video about energy poverty: ​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6wyyYhPynA
Look at the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals for 2030. Identify three ways that lack of clean and
affordable energy affects other areas of sustainable development. What are some problems that are
faced when people don’t have access to clean and affordable energy?
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C. Levyssohn-Silva MYP G7 Science U2: Energy for All
SDG 7: 2030 Energy Targets
1. Ensure ​universal​ ​access​ to affordable, reliable, and modern energy, focusing on people in
developing countries​.
a. Increase amount of people with ​access to electricity
b. Increase amount of people with ​clean energy technology
2. Increase the amount of ​renewable energy​ used globally.
3. Promote ​energy efficiency​ – develop technology that wastes less electricity.
4. Work together to research and develop ​clean energy technology​, including renewable energy,
energy efficiency, and cleaner fossil-fuel technology, and promote ​investment​ in energy
technology.
In this unit, you are going to be a social entrepreneur like Manuel Wiechers, who you saw
in the first video. Social entrepreneurs are people who develop companies and businesses
that solve the world’s social, cultural, and environmental problems. They make positive,
sustainable changes in our world.
As a social entrepreneur, you are going to have to raise funds to start up your business,
and you will have to convince people that you have a product or idea that will solve SDG 7,
Clean and Affordable Energy for All, specifically in Bangladesh.
In order to accomplish this task at the end of the unit, what things do we need to learn about energy in
science? Brainstorm your ideas of what we need to cover in this unit so you can make positive changes in
the way we use energy in Bangladesh.
C. Levyssohn-Silva MYP G7 Science U2: Energy for All